Yet the snake won’t station there. From Illinois, the fracked oil may be shipped east via train. Or it could be sent further south in another pipeline, some 700 miles to Texas. Transport to Louisiana refineries would then be possible thanks to a third pipeline, the so-called Bayou Bridge.

Only after the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, will we find that money cannot be eaten.

That’s a Cree conclusion.

Three fracked-oil pipelines, to potentially snake across our country, as seen from an ETP presentation to investorsETP's network is already expansive, though even more profits may be aheadBayou Bridge would run nearly parallel to the state-designated Coastal Zone (missing is the Texas-to-Lake Charles piece that's already under construction)

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